ajasatya

True Nature is not supposed to be something that you are not. the feeling of individuality is real and it's also a marvelous thing. just because you had a glimpse of truth, it doesn't mean that people around you aren't having a genuine conscious experience on a daily basis. why not be with them?

@Wyverz yes and no

@JohnnyBravo in the end, everyone kinda finds what they're seeking. whatever you say can be used to motivate the exact opposite of what you were trying to express... it just depends on what the seeker is thirsty for. leo talks a lot about spirituality and the enjoyment of life. still, what did @Sharp see? a genuine and reasonable body of knowledge to support his suicidal tendencies. i am here (not only on this forum) to always offer the best i can, but what people will do with what i say is out of my reach.

@Schahin you, and everything that exists NOW, are the afterlives and the "pastlives" of existence itself.

this is an OLD story, desire and belief. you cannot get out. you cannot get in. you are existence, alive, asking who you are. you will not find the answer somewhere in the universe. the universe doesn't know what it is and it asks those questions through human beings (for example). being is the highest mystery and it cannot be solved, only contemplated. "i am. and i don't even know how." - the universe

@Pouya is your notion of truth true? if yes, you're contradicting yourself if no, then it's an useless insight go beyond the mind. beyond falsehood and truthfulness. what's between words?

amazing. but it doesn't seem like you were able to find the source of impatience. you just felt impatient. why don't you give it a try everyday?

@Giulio Bevilacqua it happens because you're attached to knowledge. what's the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

investigate the source of impatience. sit down for 20 minutes right now and do nothing. you will feel impatience arising. yes, seriously, right now... it's now or never.

LOL where i come from, men are forced to marry older women at very early ages, you know? that's why.

suffering is mainstream. the process of spiritual seeking is an old jewel on the human realm. unless you master the core principles, you won't be able to come up with anything new that's worth passing on. pretty much all questions on this matter (or at least the ones that matter) have already been asked before. and for those, pretty much all the answers have already been thought before. then ask yourself: where does manipulation come from? locate the source of manipulation in your experience.

@phllip103 sitting. if your muscles are too weak or become too tense, try hatha yoga with some serious teacher. one of the goals of hatha yoga is to prepare the body for solid meditation practices.

who are you?

@Mikael89 you're completely attached and identified with the mind. good luck on avoiding discipline and serious inner work. i won't bug you anymore.

there is no way out. the only option is to embrace existence NOW. you've completely misunderstood the message. spiritual awakening is not a path against life as it is. it's exactly the other way around. it's a path towards this moment right NOW. failing to embrace life NOW is offtrack.

@SoonHei the best thing that you can do is talk to the person and acknowledge your mistake. but it only works if you feel deeply sorry and does not expect forgiveness. acknowledging your mistake is already enough.

@Nadosa exercise the body

i thought those didn't exist

@moon777light which postures did you practice? amazing achievement btw, congratulations

you are dealing with an undisciplined and anxious mind. this is the problem of rushing on this work, consuming advanced material without mastering the practices. i know this because you're still blind to the raw experience of the now. there has been some tweak in your experience on the level of the intellect, only. Truth cannot be appreciated by agitated minds and that's why you're suffering right now. you haven't integrated your insights yet. the antidote is more practice. dogen zenji used to say that enlightenment and practice are one. such wise words.

there is always a place to stand: exactly where you're standing now.

can't you see that now you're actually free to do whatever? the human creature is very funny. if we told what to do... if a purpose for our lives is imposed by an external authority... we will fight against it! but when we realize that there is no fundamental purpose and we're free to do whatever, we struggle too! the only way out is to embrace complete freedom.

you, the universe itself experiencing this moment, exist! it is a misunderstood on the level of thoughts about what we mean by "i" or "you". as i speak to you, the universe speaks to itself.

@Neorez no-self = simply being. it's an experience of no thought. you just need to detach from what you think of yourself and that's it. the universe does not need to express itself through a dead body to be itself. the universe is itself regardless of what you do and what you think. the universe is so powerful that it can think it's something else, like a separated entity. and that's what most people are... expressions of the universe that don't know their True Identity.

there is an absolute perspective, which is being without thoughts. it's an extremely rare (yet, possible) experience for human beings. anyways, if that's your subjective perspective, i still think otherwise. the human experience is very vast and full of amazing possibilities. maybe you're the one stuck in futilities? maybe you just need to improve the quality of your life? "ah, no no, everything sucks. i can't get enough from existence! this is such a horrible place to live! society is crap. it's always been crap and it will always be crap" how come we're livin in the same world and we have completely opposite (and yet, valid) feelings about the human realm?